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Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | ATS 5
United States Air Force · Atlas SLV-3C Centaur · Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United States Air Force's 502nd launch · 28th this year · humanity's 1,000th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 12, 11:01 – Aug 12, 11:01 UTC
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ATS 5
ATS-5, the last spacecraft in the Hughes/NASA ATS program, was launched August 12, 1969, in a near-perfect trajectory for insertion into synchronous orbit. Although injected successfully into orbit, the spacecraft's reverse spin (counterclockwise) prevented successful deployment of the 124 foot gravity gradient booms for the stabilization experiment. However nine of the other 13 experiments aboard the spacecraft returned useful data.
Earth Science · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
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